BURREN CONNECTION
Early Marks | Keith Payne
July 26 – September 7, 2018
PLEASE NOTE: The Gallery will be closed from Mon 27/8 – Thurs 30/8 and reopening on Friday the 31 at 9:00am.
The Gallery | Burren College of Art | Newtown Castle | Ballyvaughan | Co. Clare
OPENING RECEPTION: THURSDAY, JULY 26, 6 – 8 PM
Opening remarks by Louise Janvier
THIN PLACES
MFA/MA Graduate Exhibition 2018
The Gallery, Burren College of Art, Ballyvaughan, Co. Clare
14th April – 27th April, 2018
Opening reception: Saturday, 14th April 6pm-8pm
Burren College of Art is pleased to host the 2018 MFA/MA graduate exhibition opening on Saturday, 14th April at 6pm. In THIN PLACES, MFA Melissa Cayford explores how the external environment affects the body through her innovative, mixed-media studio practice. Additionally, the Post Baccalaureate, MFA 1 Exhibition and the end of year Undergraduate Exhibition will run concurrently with the Graduate Exhibition.
May 17 – June 15, 2018
Opening Reception Thursday, May 17, 6.00 – 8.00 PM
The Gallery | Burren College of Art
Ballyvaughan | Co. Clare
Burren College of Art is pleased to announce NSK State Reserve: Crisis Currency. The exhibition will feature works by NSK State Reserve (Charles Lewis & david K. Thompson), NSK citizens, and members of IRWIN, one of the founding groups of the Neue Slowenische Kunst collective.
THE BURREN ANNUAL 2018
The Celtic Image | Sir Sidney Nolan OM, RA
June 21 – July 20, 2018
The Gallery | Burren College of Art | Newtown Castle | Ballyvaughan | Co. Clare
OPENING RECEPTION: THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 6 – 8 PM
SYMPOSIUM: Friday, June 22
The Lecture Hall |Burren College of Art
9:30am-3:30pm
FREE and OPEN to ALL
Please RSVP to reserve your place: lisa@burrencollege.ie
The Burren Annual is supported by funding from Clare County Council.
Midsummer’s Eve Bonfire Festival
Saturday | June 23 | 2017
8pm-Midnight
Burren College of Art
Ballyvaughan | Co. Clare
Admission: €12 in advance, €15 at the door. Children under 12 FREE
Purchase tickets online HERE
PLEASE NOTE: ADVANCED TICKETS WILL NO LONGER BE AVAILABLE AFTER 5PM ON JUNE 23, BUT WE WILL HAVE TICKETS ON THE DOOR FOR €15.
Food and beverage available for purchase.
Costume and Summery dress encouraged!
The Gallery | Burren College of Art | Newtown Castle | Ballyvaughan | Co. Clare
LIVE PERFORMANCE: THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 6 – 8 PM
EXHIBITION/INSTALLATION: MARCH 1 – 29, 2018
Burren College of Art is pleased to host a live art performance and installation, ‘Breath and Blood’, by Irish artists, Alastair MacLennan and Sandra Corrigan Breathnach. The performance will take place in the Gallery from 6pm onward on Thursday, March 1 and the installation will continue in the Gallery and Newtown Castle from March 1-29.
‘Breath and Blood’ is an exhibition/installation of drawings, video, sound and live art performance, looking at the cyclical nature of life and regeneration that occurs within it. The audience is invited to view this as a possible aspect of mind, where nurturing growth and new energies can allow one to expand and renew one’s awareness of being.
February 1 – February 23, 2018
The Gallery | Burren College of Art | Newtown Castle | Ballyvaughan | Co. Clare
OPENING RECEPTION: THURSDAY, February 1, 6 – 8 PM
Burren College of Art is pleased to host Barnacle– a joint exhibition between the Burren College of Art and Gallery 126 featuring work by recipients of the Emerging Irish Artist Residency Award in September of 2017.
The exhibition will be opened by Clare-based writer and artist, David Donohue.
Barnacle features the work of the four recipients of the Award: Ciarán Doyle, Laura McMorrow, Helena Gouveia Monteiro and Sarah Wren Wilson. Last October, these four artists took up a month’s residence in the Burren College of Art and the village of Ballyvaughan.
OPENING RECEPTION: SATURDAY | DECEMBER 9, 2017 | 6-8pm
The Gallery | Burren College of Art | Newtown Castle | Ballyvaughan | Co. Clare
September 28 – October 27 | 2017
The Gallery | Burren College of Art | Newtown Castle | Ballyvaughan | Co. Clare
OPENING RECEPTION: THURSDAY, September 28, 6 – 8 PM
August 10 – September 30, 2017
OPENING RECEPTION Thursday, August 10 | 6-8pm
FREE and open to ALL
June 22 – July 28, 2017
The Gallery | Burren College of Art | Newtown Castle | Ballyvaughan | Co. Clare
OPENING RECEPTION THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 6 – 8 PM